Improvement in trunk-guards



F. PETERSON. V

Trunk Guards.

Patented April1 6,l872.

mlnesses UNITED STATES FRED. PETERSON, OF ROCKFORD, ILLINOIS.

IMPROVEMENT IN TRUNK-GUARDS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 125,756, dated April16, 1872.

IMPROVED TRUNK-GUARD.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, FRED. PETERSON, of Rockford, Winnebago county, Stateof Illinois, have invented a new and Improved Trunk- Guard; and I dohereby declare that the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription thereof, which will enable others skilled in the art to makeand use the same,reference being had to the accompanyingdrawingformingpart of this specification, in which- Figure 1 is a planor perspective view of my invention. Fig. 2 is a sectional view of B B Bin Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of Fig. 2. Fig. 4 is asectional view of a rubber guard to be fastened around the edges of thetrunk, Fig. 1. Fig. 5 is a transverse sectional view of the same.

The object of the invention is to ali'ord protection to the corners andedges of the trunk, and especially to prevent the bursting of locks,which generally results from the severe concussions the trunks aresubject to.

B B B, Fig. 1, are pieces of rubber of sufficient elasticity to breakthe force of the concussion, thus preventing injury to trunk and lock,and are inserted and held in their places by means of a shoulder made ina dovetailin g form, as in sectional view, Fig. 2, and are otherwisesecured by means of tacks and iron bands. The aperturesin which theseguards are placed are made by clipping the corners of the differentsides and ends of the trunk before the trunk is put together, andtheseguards placed in position before the trunk is nailed together, thussecuring a close and perfect fit. The rubber pieces B, I propose toplace at each corner of the trunk, thus affording the same protection inwhatever position the trunk may fall.

I claim, therefore, as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent Theelastic, corner-pieces B, provided with tenons, as specified, andattached to the cut corners of the trunk by means of straps or bands, inthe manner shown and described.

FRED. PETERSON.

Witnesses:

J. G. IVIANLOVE, ANOR WOODRUFF.

